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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Paying Off"
Pen and black ink and wash, over pencil, on paper.
6 13/16 x 8 9/16 inches (173 x 218 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
1976.26:4
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Watermark: Whatman.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 102.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Inscription:
Signed in pen and black ink at lower left, "Geo. Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Original sketch for Capt.n Barkers-Greenwich Hospital"; inscribed below design, "Paying Off-or-The Jew".
Provenance:
George Beach De Forest; J. Pierpont Morgan (see Lugt 1509).
Associated names:
De Forest, George Beach, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Old Sailor, 1790-1846. Greenwich hospital.
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